Kate Upton Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2012 Cover

Kate Upton will grace the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. She’s just 19, but younger Kate Upton currently has one career-defining accomplishment: gracing the address with the Sports Illustrated swimsuit version.

The 5-foot-10 bombshell from Florida first appeared in SI’s swimsuit edition final year and was called its rookie in the yr. This year, Upton appears inside a hardly there string bikini, her preferred swimsuit from the shoot.

Sports Illustrated at first prepared to announce the 2012 swimsuit version cover girl. Kate Upton was recently rumored to be dating Mark Sanchez of the New york Jets. There is no rumor relating to this, though: The 19-year-old (?!) is a stunner!

Upton created a sizzling debut in final year’s edition, but it is safe to mention this 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover will kick off her to the stratosphere.

“I have had a great year,” she stated. “For me, this is groundbreaking.”